12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT 22 APRIL 2019

12:00 NOON WEATHER REPORT 

DATE: 22ND  APRIL, 2019

FORECASTER: THOMAS AUGUSTE

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 29 C OR 84 F.

LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 25 C OR 77 F.

WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 20 MPH OR 32 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 8:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 1.2 MM.    AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 0.1 MM. 

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 32.7 MM.  AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 61.2 MM.      

SUNSET TODAY: 6:18 PM    SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:46 AM

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H.

WEATHER: MOSTLY FAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. A FEW CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SHOWERS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 6:38 PM… LOW AT 11:21 PM

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   HIGH AT 7:45 PM… LOW AT 12:48 AM

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES AND SWELLS 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

OCCASIONAL CLOUDY SKIES WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHERN LEEWARD AND NORTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE, IT WILL BE GENERALLY FAIR WITH A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS.

WEATHER SUMMARY

THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE EASTERLY TO EAST- NORTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN REGION FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH IS CAUSING SOME SHOWERY SPELLS OVER THE CENTRAL EASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD AND AFFECT SOME OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.